First test, Tarouba (day four of five)

West Indies 311 (Hope 92; Ali 4-50) & 181 (Joseph 38; Abbas 5-22)

Pakistan 282 (Masood 109; Greaves 5-27) and 120 (Azam 58*; Seals 5-20)

The West Indies won by 90 runs; lead the series 1-0

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Jayden Seales claimed 5-20 as the West Indies pace attack mercilessly crushed Pakistan to claim a 90-run victory just after tea on the fourth day of the first Test.

At 211 for victory, Pakistan were reduced to 71-9 in their second innings on a deteriorating pitch and looked on course to be bowled out for their lowest Test total against the hosts.

However, a fight for the 10th wicket between Babar Azam and Muhammad Abbas worth 49 runs took the match to the night session.

The Pakistan captain posted an unbeaten 58, before Seales ensured success at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad when he caught Abbas lbw for 23.

West Indies captain Roston Chase dedicated the victory to the late Sir Garfield Sobers, who died recently and would have turned 90 on the day they achieved victory.

“We wanted to make him proud and we talked about it before the game. I hope he’s smiling at us,” Chase said.

“I also want to thank the Trinidad crowd for coming out and supporting us. It wasn’t a big crowd but it gave us enough energy and support to come out and perform.”

Having resumed play at 126-7, West Indies managed to add 55 runs from their last three wickets in the morning session.

Shamar Joseph top-scored for the hosts with 38 off 27 balls, including four sixes, while Kemar Roach scored 18 off 63 balls.

Abbas was the pick of Pakistan’s bowlers and took 5-22.

Their chase began to unravel before lunch when Seales eliminated Imam-ul-Haq, Azan Awais and Salman Agha.

Justin Greaves, who had taken five wickets without a run on the third day during an incredible spell of five wicket maidens, bowled Mohammad Rizwan before trapping Aamer Jamal lbw as the West Indies tightened their grip.

Shan Masood batted with a fractured finger and briefly delayed the inevitable before taking a backward catch as Pakistan’s resistance faded.

Babar was defiant in his knock but eventually ran out of partners as his team slumped to its eighth consecutive Test defeat away from home.

He said: “We played some good cricket in the last few days but today we were not up to the mark as a batting unit.

“There were uneven bounces on the field, but we should have looked to create partnerships. The basics remain the same, you have to survive the new ball and look to score when it gets a little old.”

Pakistan will try to level the two-match series in the second Test in Port of Spain, which begins on August 2.